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Arnolds Park Iowa Map

Explore Arnolds Park, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Arnolds Park, Iowa

How to Use This Arnolds Park, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arnolds Park, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Arnolds Park.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Arnolds Park
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Dickinson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.360366
Longitude	-95.129177
Population	1,110
Density	268.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	51331, 51351
Area Code	563
County Seat	Spirit Lake
School District	Okoboji Community School District

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About Arnolds Park, Iowa

Arnolds Park is a locality in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,110. The population density is 268.7 people per km². Arnolds Park is located at 43.3604°N, 95.1292°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Arnolds Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 51331, 51351.

Arnolds Park asserts itself upon the flat, wide horizon of the Iowa prairie where the earth is defined by the deep, dark fertility of tilled soil. It lies 16.0 miles north of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 4°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-southwest of Spirit Lake. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate openness, punctuated by the Dickinson County Trail that winds through the quiet expanse of the local terrain. A brief mile away, the modest waters of Milford Creek carve a path through the fields, while Center Lake sits just two miles distant, its surface reflecting the vast, unbroken sky that dominates the region. The air carries a crisp, dry weight, particularly at dusk, when the light turns a bruised violet and the distant silhouette of Ocheyedan Mound reminds the traveler of the subtle, ancient shifts in the topography.

Arnolds Park grew from the necessity of the frontier, evolving from a simple crossroads into a seasonal center of industry that thrives on the rhythm of the harvest and the influx of summer visitors. The Dickinson County Spine Trail serves as a literal and metaphorical backbone, connecting the local economy to the steady movement of residents who occupy themselves with the labor of the land and the maintenance of their long-standing heritage. Commerce here is quiet and unpretentious, rooted in the Scandinavian and German traditions of the settlers who first broke the prairie sod. Everyday life in Arnolds Park possesses a steady, literate civility, where the pace is governed by the turning of the seasons and the simple, enduring fact of the corn and soybean rows stretching toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dickinson County Trail (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 302° NW
Lower Gar Lake Complex (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 123° SE
Iowa Rock N Roll Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 318° NW
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 317° NW
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 318° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 298° NW
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 302° NW
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 308° NW
Spring Run Wetland Complex (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 132° SE
Dickinson Co. RR ROW State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 009° N
Dickinson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 090° E
Spring Run Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 092° E
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 347° N
Garlock Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 247° SW
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 2.2 mi, 007° N
Emmerson Bay State Recreation Area (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 259° W
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 000° N
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 2.4 mi, 001° N
Clark Museum of Area History (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 227° SW
Garlock Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 254° W
Bike Monument (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 286° W
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 2.7 mi, 203° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 209° SW · 12k acres
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 009° N
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.4 mi, 063° NE
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 079° E
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 185° S
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.9 mi, 120° SE
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 126° SE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 29.9 mi, 004° N

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